Connecting means for fabric strips.



0.1. HOOPLE.

CONNECTING MEANS FOR-FABB|C STRIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. I915.

Patented May 22, 1917 WITNESSES:

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CHARLES I..HOOPLE, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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1/ 0 all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'CHAnLnsI. HoorLn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Connecting Means for Fabric Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to connecting means for fabric strips, and pertains more particu-' larly to a means for connecting a pair of tie ends to a celluloid or other central band section.

The objects of the invention are to provide a connecting means which will effectively hold "the tie ends to the central band and which will enable the-tie to slip more easily around the collar to allow of convenient adwise objectionable, and to also provide a finishing strip or member which completely,

conceals and is auxiliary to the primary connector.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more I fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the tie.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, detail view of one end of the tie, showing the clenching strip in position.

Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2 showing the finishing band applied.

Fig. 4 is a'perspective viewof the clenching strip.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the finish ing band. i

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 3'.

A indicates a band section constructed of thin, flexible material, such as celluloid, or the like, and 2 and 3 a pair of tie ends secured thereto. The band section is adapted to fit between the sections of a turn-down collar and its length is slightly less than the length of the collar. It is thus entirely concealed while the projecting fabric ends are free to be tied together to form a bow knot or tie of any desired shape.

One of the important features of the pres- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed May 12, 1915. Serial No. 27,552.

ent invention is the manner in which the tie or fabric ends are secured to'the band seetion. This is accomplished as follows: The

end of the band is first inserted between the fabric ends 4: of the tie. A metal clenching strip 5 provided with prongs 6, is then forced through the fabric and band and clenched over, thus securing the band and fabric sec tion together. A finishing strip, such as indicated at 7, is then folded around the joint formed by the band and fabric exteriorly of the clenching strip 5, thus covering the clenching strip and the ends of theprongs and at the same time forming a finish at the joint or connection between the band and fabric. The tie as a whole is then placed in a suitable form of presswhere the edges 8 and 9 0f the finishing strip are forced down against the band and fabric to further clamp or secure the two sections together. The corners of the finishing strip are then slightly indented, as indicated at 10, to round or destroy any points which might otherwise be formed, and also for the purpose of forcing the material of the finishing strip into the band A and fabric 4, thus further securing theseveral sections together and also preventing the finishing strip from opening up.

A tie constructed as, here shown can be very cheaply manufactured as it requires less than 5 of the material employed in common ties now in use. The securing clips formed by the clenching strip and finishing strip 7 does not only form a positive, strong securing means between the band and fabric ends, but also produces an ornamental finish at this point which should materially promote the sale and'appearance of the tie.

The connecting band between the tieends constructed of celluloid or like flexible material together with the securing clips, is very thin and consumes such a small space between the sections of a turn-down collar that the tie can be pulled or slipped around the collar with practicallyv no resistance, thus permitting the tie to be quickly. adjusted with relation to the front collar button even where the closest typeofturn-down collar. is worn.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device for connecting overlapping parts, including a clenching strip for securing the parts together, and a finishing strip formed independent of the clenching strip and having two sides and ends encircling said parts and disposed over the clenching strip, said finishing strip being of greater width than that of the clenching strip and having each of its four side edges bent inwardly toward said parts and over the side edges of the clenching strip so as to completely conceal 10 the latter and to secure the two parts to- Witnesses.

CHARLES I. I-IOOPLE. Witnesses:

J OI-IN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

